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As the use of Cloud increases, companies and organizations are going to want to integrate various sources of information. One way to do that is with IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live . This link not only gives you a nice example of how this would be done using Cast Iron, but it has alot of good links at the bottom of the article that are worth exploring. Take a look.

I came across this entry about Melba Roy from this tumblr, Vintage Black Glamour. I tried to do searches on her to see if I could find more information about her, but I could. This is a terrible shame, since Ms Roy appears to be very accomplished, from what I read on the Tumblr. Not to take anything away from the tumblr, but here's what it said: Melba Roy, NASA Mathmetician, at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland in 1964. Ms. Roy, a 1950 graduate of Howard University, led a group of NASA mathmeticians known as... [More]

The Economist has a good article on IT In Africa ( Information technology in Africa: The next frontier) that talks about how IBM is leading there. For example: Since mid-2011 (IBM) has set up shop in Angola, Mauritius and Tanzania, as well as Senegal. In all, (IBM) boasts a presence in more than 20 of Africa’s 54 countries. Last August it opened a research lab in Nairobi, one of only 12 in the world. And between February 5th and 7th Ginni Rometty, (IBM's) chief executive, and all who report directly to her met dozens of African customers,... [More]

I was skeptical of this, but Carl Franzen pointed out this detailed article: ChromeBook as Developer Machine . It makes a good case for how a developer can get alot of use out of a Chromebook for their development needs. I think the same can be said for anyone with a tablet or iPad with a bluetooth keyboard as well. Well done. Worth reading.

Can be found here: Doing beautiful things with self-tracking data « RescueTime Blog . I thought turning self quantified data like this.... ....to be a brilliant idea. But there are numerous brilliant ideas on that blog: well worth a look. (Thanks to AmritaMathur on twitter for that)

While this HuffPo piece is about a new service from Vine, Twitter's 'Vine' App Users Can No Longer Find Friends Via Facebook , it also has a great rundown of all the feuding going on between social media companies these days. For example... (Facebook and Twitter) have been feuding since this summer, when Facebook announced it would buy Instagram for $1 billion despite Twitter's reported prior offer , supposedly worth $525 million , for the photo-sharing service. Twitter responded to the snub by preventing Instagram users from syncing with their... [More]

I am not familar with what other companies -- including IBM -- are doing in this area, but I think this story is impressive: Microsoft Global Foundations Services Blog : Microsoft Recycles Waste to Provide Clean Power for Data Center R&D. Essentially Microsoft is using manure/poop/call it what you will to deliver power that they use to drive their data centers. I think this is impressive. I hope this solution spreads (no pun intended) to other power users. Kudos to them.

...then you should read this: The Top Five Career Regrets - Daniel Gulati - Harvard Business Review . What's the number one regret? I wish I hadn't taken the job for the money. It's a good article and one anyone looking at their career should read.

It looks like there is a new player in the smart phone/device industry: Ubuntu . For Ubuntu fans and users of emerging technology and smart devices, it's worth checking out where they are going by clicking on the link. It will be interesting to see how far it goes and how this will affect the other players. On the surface, it could cut into Google/Android more than Apple/iOS, but like anything else, time will tell. If their App ecosystem shows growth and they can partner with hardware manufacturers, it could have a big impact in general. As... [More]

If you are like me, you are getting more and more spam with little in it but a request to open a file. There's two reasons for this. First, the less text, the more likelihood the spam will get past spam filters. Second, the opening of that file will potentially infect your computer with any number of problems. For example, if you open a PDF file, this page - -- PDF Security Issues -- describes some of the problems that could occur. Here's a snippet from that page: Javascript : Adobe Reader (and possibly other readers) contains a Javascript... [More]

Why? As this article shows : In summary, files encrypted with BitLocker, PGP and Truecrypt are safe from this product as long as volumes are opened or mounted and then closed and demounted in an orderly way; doing this destroys the insecure memory dump. For extra safety, hibernation should be disabled. In other words, to be safe, prevent as little as possible from being left hanging out in memory. Taken from BitLocker, PGP and TrueCrypt encryption weakened by new attack tool - Techworld.com

Here's a great list of links you can review for help with that: Performance Tuning Drupal Links . Drupal is highly scalable and performs well, but it still needs your help. These links can help you help Drupal.

A good article from Reuters on how IBM (my company) is building An operating system for cities. Each city is using a facility from IBM (Intelligent Operations Center (IOC)) to solve problems that they are having, be it water management, traffic management, what have you. If you'd like to know more about IOC, go here ( Intelligent Operations Center) .

IBM has been doing work in various nations in Africa for some time, and that work progresses as IBM Opens its 12th Research Lab Globally in Nairobi, Kenya. It joins 11 other research labs that IBM has around the world. Among the areas of focus are: Next Generation Public Sector Smarter Cities Human Capacity Development I am sure this will lead to great developments. See the link for more detailed on this.

...so here's 12: 12 Guidelines for Deciding When to Persist, When to Quit - Rosabeth Moss Kanter - Harvard Business Review . These are good both for those who are too tenacious, as well as those who give up too easily. And while they are in the Harvard Business Review, they really apply anywhere. Highly recommended.